Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eucalyptus phenax subsp. compressa
Myrtaceae Juss.
Eucalyptus phenax subsp. compressa D.Nicolle , legitimate, scientific
Nicolle, D. (24 August 2000), New taxa of Eucalyptus informal subgenus Symphyomyrtus (Myrtaceae), endemic to South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 19: 84 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: South Australia: Kangaroo Island region: Playford Highway, 1.1 km south-west of junction of road to Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, 9 iii.1997, P.J.Lang 733 (holo: AD; iso AD).
Brooker, M.I.H. & Kleinig, D.A. (2001), Field Guide to Eucalypts Edn. 2, 2 (South-western and southern Australia): 419 [secondary reference]
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (2006), EUCLID Edn. 3: - [secondary reference]
common name: Kangaroo Island Mallee [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus phenax subsp. 'Kangaroo Island' [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Eucalyptus anceps (R.Br. ex Maiden) Blakely legitimate by Boomsma, C.D. (1981), Native Trees of South Australia Edn. 2: 112
  • APC Dist.: SA
Nicolle, D. (2013), Native eucalypts of South Australia: 126-127 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eucalyptus phenax subsp. 'Kangaroo Island' [n/a] common name: Kangaroo Island Mallee [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin compressus meaning 'pressed together', referring to the relatively crowded fruits compared to E. phenax subsp. phenax."